A New Canadian Disability Benefit Modelled After the GIS? What Does That Mean? – Accessibility News International

October 1, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community, Employment

John StapletonOpen Policy Ontario, SEP 2020 The 2020 Speech from the Throne contained the following passage: “COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Canadians with disabilities, and highlighted long-standing challenges. The Government will bring forward a Disability Inclusion Plan, which will have: A new Canadian Disability Benefit modelled after the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) for seniors[1].” At best, […]

As Employment in Canada Continues to Struggle, It’s Disabled Folks Who Feel It the Worst – Accessibility News International

September 14, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community, Employment

K.J. AielloSpecial to The Globe and MailPublished Sept. 11, 2020 K.J. Aiello is a Toronto-based freelance writer. Because of my disability, I spent almost two decades trying to find stable, gainful employment. I never found it. Instead, I teetered between employment, underemployment and unemployment. I struggled to pay my bills, sometimes choosing between food, rent […]

Survey – Accessibility News International

August 28, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community, Employment

The Canadian Press – Aug 27, 2020 More than half of Canadians with disabilities who participated in a crowdsourced survey are struggling to make ends meet because of the financial fallout of the COVID-19 crisis, a new report suggests. Statistics Canada published findings on Thursday gathered from approximately 13,000 Canadians with long-term conditions or disabilities […]

Air Canada Lays Off Blind Longtime Employee, Saying It Can’t Accommodate Him Amid Pandemic – Accessibility News International

July 24, 2020 / by BBG Security / Employment

By Christine Long and Selena RossCTV News, July 21st 2020 In 2016, Sean Fitzgibbon starred in an Air Canada promotional video about inclusion. It showed him on the job, working as a stock-keeper. He was also given the company’s award of excellence for his service. So it came as a shock when he got a […]

How COVID-19 Improved Accessibility for Job Seekers With Disabilities – Accessibility News International

July 21, 2020 / by BBG Security / Employment

The expansion of remote work and recruiting technology is leveling the playing field at work, experts told HR Dive. Kendall Davis and Nadzeya Dzivakova/HR Diveby Aman KidwaiPublished July 17, 2020 Editor’s note: As the ADA approaches its 30th anniversary, HR Dive is taking a close look at employment issues affecting workers with disabilities. Stay tuned […]

New York State Maintains Discriminatory Bar to Employment for Those with Less Than 20/40 Vision – Accessibility News International

June 25, 2020 / by BBG Security / Employment

Disability Rights Advocates challenges the State’s irrational, blanket disqualification of workers based on disability, seeks to bring hiring standards into compliance with the law June 10, 2020 New York, NY Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), a national non-profit legal center, filed a Charge of Discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the State of New […]

HL Sask. government declares October as Disability Employment Awareness Month

October 2, 2018 / by BBG Security / Awareness, Canada, Disability, economic, Employment, Government, Jobs, News, Opportunity, Saskatchewan, Workplace

[ad_1] October has been designated as Disability Employment Awareness Month by the Government of Saskatchewan. The month will promote the individual, economic and societal benefits of diversifying Saskatchewan’s workforce by offering more jobs for those living with disabilities. “We all benefit from an inclusive, accessible and welcoming province where everyone can realize their full potential […]

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